Posted on 06.04.14 by Paul Gordon Brown
This One Weird Trick Generates Clicks: On Clickbait and Public Trust [REBLOG]

Originally posted on Society & Social Media:
Next Time Someone Shows You Something, Show Them This. — Up Worth It (@UpWorthIt) January 13, 2014 [Upworthy Parody Headline via @UpWorthIt Twitter account] Do you believe article headlines that you read on your social media feeds? I’ve been asking this question of students as part of my dissertation research to begin my understanding of how students make sense of new media and elements of the world around them. I’ll admit, I’m not so sure how I would answer the question myself. Although I’ve been…